Exodus 5:15

The NET Bible®

The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, "Why are you treating your servants this way?

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Then the officers of the children of Yisra'el came and cried to Par`oh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

King James Version
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Lexham English Bible
And the foremen of the Israelites came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you treat your servants like this?

New Century Version
Then the Israelite foremen went to the king and complained, "Why are you treating us, your servants, this way?

Amplified Bible
Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you deal like this with your servants?

New American Standard Bible
Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the officers of the children of Israel came, & cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your slaves?

Contemporary English Version
Finally, the men in charge of the slaves went to the king and said, "Why are you treating us like this?

Complete Jewish Bible
Then the foremen of the people of Isra'el came and complained to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?

Darby Translation
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?

Easy-to-Read Version
Then the Hebrew foremen went to Pharaoh. They complained and said, "We are your servants. Why are you treating us like this?

English Standard Version
Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, "Why do you treat your servants like this?

George Lamsa Translation
Then the scribes of the children of Israel came and complained to Pharaoh, saying, Why are your servants treated in this manner?

Good News Translation
Then the foremen went to the king and complained, "Why do you do this to us, Your Majesty?

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Israelite foremen went in and cried for help to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

Literal Translation
And the overseers of the sons of Israel came in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you do this way to your slaves?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Than wente the officers of the children of Israel, & coplayned vnto Pharao: Wherfore wilt thou deale thus wt thy seruauntes?

American Standard Version
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Bible in Basic English
Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The officers also of the children of Israel, came & complayned vnto Pharao, saying: Wherfore dealest thou thus with thy seruauntes?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying: 'Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

King James Version (1611)
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cryed vnto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy seruants?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?

English Revised Version
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: "Why are you treating your servants this way?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the souereyns of the sonys of Israel camen, and crieden to Farao, and seiden, Whi doist thou so ayens thi seruauntis?

Young's Literal Translation
And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, `Why dost thou thus to thy servants?

Update Bible Version
Then the officers of the sons of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why do you deal thus with your slaves?

Webster's Bible Translation
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants?

World English Bible
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

New King James Version
Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why are you dealing thus with your servants?

New Living Translation
So the Israelite foremen went to Pharaoh and pleaded with him. "Please don't treat your servants like this," they begged.

New Life Bible
Then the Hebrew men who made the people work went to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you act this way toward your servants?

New Revised Standard
Then the Israelite supervisors came to Pharaoh and cried, "Why do you treat your servants like this?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came in the overseers of the sons of Israel, and made outcry unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore shouldst thou do thus to thy servants?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

Revised Standard Version
Then the foremen of the people of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, "Why do you deal thus with your servants?

THE MESSAGE
The Israelite foremen came to Pharaoh and cried out for relief: "Why are you treating your servants like this? Nobody gives us any straw and they tell us, ‘Make bricks!' Look at us—we're being beaten. And it's not our fault."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

Contextual Overview

¹⁵ The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, "Why are you treating your servants this way? ¹⁶ No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, ‘Make bricks!' Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people." ¹⁷ But Pharaoh replied, "You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, ‘Let us go sacrifice to the Lord .' ¹⁸ So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!" ¹⁹ The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks." ²⁰ When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them, ²¹ and they said to them, "May the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!" ²² Moses returned to the Lord , and said, "Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me? ²³ From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued them!"

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Reciprocal: Exodus 1:11 - to afflict Exodus 5:6 - taskmasters Job 3:18 - they

Cross-References

1 Chronicles 1:2
Kenan, Mahalalel, Jered,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh,.... Made their complaints to him, perhaps with tears in their eyes, being used so very ill. They little thought it was by Pharaoh's orders; they supposed he knew nothing of it, and therefore hoped to have their grievances redressed by him, but were mistaken:

saying, wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? so they call themselves, they living in his country, and being under his jurisdiction, though not properly his subjects; however, he had made them his slaves, and so indeed even bondservants.